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GIFFONI EXPERIENCE 2015 - 17.26 July

TEA FALCO

JULY 17

BIOGRAPHY:

Tea Falco was born in Sicily, Catania in 1986.  She is a photographer and actress. She started exhibiting her photographic work when she was just 14 in 2009, and soon exhibited across Italy Greece and los Angeles. She won various awards like the Art in Quart (2010) and Premio Basilio Cascella (2011). She debuted as an actress on stage in Fumo negli occhi (2004) by Alessandro Idonea. From 2005 to 2008 she performed in other shows. She made her debut on the big screen in I Vicerè by Roberto Faenza. She also appeared in TV series Il Giovane Montalbano directed by Gianluca Maria Tavarelli.

In 2012, she was cast by Bernardo Bertolucci for Io e te/You and I an adaptation of Niccolò Ammaniti's novel. She was nominated for a David di Donatello for best actress (2013). In 1013 she also starred in Testamento video clip with Franco Battiato while in 2015 she was in Io e Anna Cesare Cremonini's video-clip. In 2015 she was Beatrice Mainaghi in TV series 1992 directed by Giuseppe Gagliardi, starring Stefano Accorsi.

 

Photo credits: GIOVANNI GASTEL

  • Filmography:

    Cinema
    I Vicerè, directed by Roberto Faenza (2007)
    Io e te, directed by Bernardo Bertolucci (2012)
    Sotto una buona stella, directed by Carlo Verdone (2014)
    La solita commedia - Inferno, directed by Francesco Mandelli, Fabrizio Biggio and Martino Ferro (2015)

    Short Films
    Confessioni
    , directed by Salvo Campisano
    L’inganno, directed by Piero Sabatino
    Tatuaggio Inchiodato, directed by Angelo Augusto Villari
    La guerra non è un gioco, directed by Sofia Palermo

    Television
    Il giovane Montalbano - episode 1x4: Ferito a morte, directed by Gianluca Maria Tavarelli (2012)
    1992, directed by Giuseppe Gagliardi (2015)

    Videoclip
    Testamento by Franco Battiato (2013)
    Io e Anna by Cesare Cremonini (2015)